diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index aadef20edd..0fb3b45e28 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ more about the Koha project at http://koha-community.org.
 INSTALLATION
 ============
 
-You need to have a server running Perl 5.8.8 or later, MySQL 5, Zebra
+You need to have a server running Perl 5.10 or later, MySQL 5, Zebra
 2.0.22 or greater and a webserver (preferably Apache2) before installing
 Koha.
 
diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 664f50fd66..074ff55dd8 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ use C4::Installer;
 my $koha_pm = C4::Installer::PerlModules->new;
 
 my $DEBUG = 0;
-die "perl 5.8.8 or later required" unless ($] >= 5.008008);
+die "perl 5.10 or later required" unless ($] >= 5.010000);
 
 # Hash up directory structure & files beginning with the directory we were called from (should be the base of koha)...